Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.491
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Lease of public buildings to posts of Grand Army of the Republic or veterans' organizations; authorization; rent, determination.
Official statutory text
Sec. 1.
Any county, city, town, village or school district in the state of Michigan is hereby authorized to lease for any period not exceeding 5 years each to any post to the grand army of the republic or to any post of any organized veterans' organization established in any such county, city, town, village or school district, to be used by such posts, any public building or any part thereof, belonging to any such county, city, town, village or school district, except school houses in actual use as such, at a nominal rent to be fixed by the board of supervisors of such county, the board of aldermen of such city, the township board, the board of trustees of such village, or the school boards or boards of education of said district.
History: 1889, Act 79, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1889; How. 4859q; CL 1897, 3490; CL 1915, 1040; CL 1929, 895; Am. 1945, Act 212, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1945; CL 1948, 35.491
Any county, city, town, village or school district in the state of Michigan is hereby authorized to lease for any period not exceeding 5 years each to any post to the grand army of the republic or to any post of any organized veterans' organization established in any such county, city, town, village or school district, to be used by such posts, any public building or any part thereof, belonging to any such county, city, town, village or school district, except school houses in actual use as such, at a nominal rent to be fixed by the board of supervisors of such county, the board of aldermen of such city, the township board, the board of trustees of such village, or the school boards or boards of education of said district.
History: 1889, Act 79, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1889; How. 4859q; CL 1897, 3490; CL 1915, 1040; CL 1929, 895; Am. 1945, Act 212, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1945; CL 1948, 35.491
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